Telegram-herald., 1887-07-25


ws ~ans loeoBaeesss power zns propuls,on
We ~ants. tas same tiEos sGeat bFakas to iet
aevn - ne Tlgaf lns1aHt & IS : dielsizl
thisg zft~f bearer has eezagfea~sasa ths
saois 81, tect - lasar > ssaa say. Ees % fe-
esPiEuIate. sad a f-~ KoFfs ~ @4Y q sp-
psscarion, and ~osee moes. zs.a -En4lly,"
assd nov % eol.cisisse
fazi prearkssi uatA nsslaszaa. ss.d E,sty-
ehas ga sognd asIeep saf fssl asss el a ~ia-
do~ ard broks bis Deek some xoakl say.
~eioosi for him l weald rather be symfa-
thetic IKE Paul and reSussitafe him. That
acclienf Is often qnotsd IL religious circles as
a waFninz a@asast soalaoi=ncs IN eharea
IS Is last as naach = sarniBg 50 ministers
against prolixlty. Eafsehus Was wrong Ia
hls somnolsnee. snd Paul made mistake
when be kept On Entil nrcnieht he onzht
- hare stopped At II O'Clock, and there
would have been DO acciisns. Il Paul might
have gone oa - TOO great length, let al thoss
of Us who are now prvacniil-. the Gospel re-
member thAt th-re Is lnlif Go religious dis
course. Or ought 70 be. and that IN our time
se have % apostolic power OF miracles.
Sapcleon Ia az address OF seven minutes
thrilled his army, and thrilled Europe.
Cbrist's sermon on TIE mount, tas model ser
nson. vas les than eighteen minutes long at
ordinary mode Of delivery. Il Is not electricity
scattered al over tho sky that sJr.kes. bat
electricity gathered into thunderbolt and
hurried, aud Il i net religious truth scattered
over. spread out over a vast reach of time,
bat religious truth projected IA compact
form that flashes light upon the soul aud
rivss its indifference.
When the religious discourse OF sne future
arrives in this land and IN the Christian
church, the discourse ~hich i % arouse the
world aud startls the nations, aud usher ia
tho kingdom, 10 Vii be "a brief discourse
Hear II, all theological students, all We Just
sutering upon religious work ali ye nen and
women who In Sabbath schools and other de-
parttnents are tolling for Chrlsr and the sal
vation of imnaortsls Breviry BrevitY,
But remarked also, that the religious dis
course OF the future Of which | speak will be
a popular discourse. There are those in these
times who speak OF a popular sermon as
though there must be something wrong about
IT, As these critics sre dull themselves. the
world gets the impression that "a sermon is
good in proportion as it - stupid. Christ was
the most popular preacher tire world ever
saw, and considering the small number OF the
worlds population had the largest audiences
ever gathered He never preached any~ here
without making great sensation People
rushed out in tho wilderness 10 hear him,
reckless os their physical necessities. so
great was their anxiety 20 hear Christ that,
taking no food with them, they wouu have
tainted and starved bad not Christ performed
n rniracle and f~d them.
Why did 50 MANY people take the truth at
Christ's handsl Because they all understood
it. He illustrated his subject by a hen and
her chickens, BY a bushel measure. by hand
ful OF salt, By a birds flight AMI l,y ily's
aroma. All the people knew what he meant
and they flocked to him And when tho re
ligious discourse OF the future appears, IL
will not be Princetonian. not Rochesterian,
not Andoverian, not Middletonian, but
Oiivetic-plain, practical, unique. earnest,
comprehensive OF all the woes wants, sins.
sorrows and necessities OF an auditory.
But when that exhortatTou or discourse
does come there viii be 90 cleaning scim-
etars 20 charge on IL. There are in so many
theological sesonaries professors telling
young men how 20 preach. themselves not
knowing how, and am told that IL young
man in some OF our theological seminaries
says anything quaint, OF thrilling. or unique,
faculty and students o. At him and set him
right, and strnighten him out. and smooth
him down, ard chop him of, until no says
everything just as everybody else says it.
Oh, when the future religious discourse Of
the Christian church arrives. all the churches
OF Christ in our great cities will be thronged-
Tho world wants spiritual help All who
have buried their dead want comfort All
know themselves to be mortal and to be i'm
mortal, and they want 10 hear about the great
future tell you, my friends. IL the people
thought they could get practical aud synira-
thetic help in the Christian church. there
would not be street in New York. or Brook.
lyn. or Chicago. or Charleston, or Philadel-
phia, or Boston, which would he passable on
the Sabbath day IL there were n church on il:
for ali the people would press 70 that asy-
lum Of mercy. that great house OF comfort
and consolation.
A mother with dead babe in her arms
came TO tho god Vetia and asked 20 have her
child restored 10 life. The coi Feda said TO
her: "You go and set handful of mustard
seed from a house in which there has been TO
sorrow, and in which there h>s been no death.
AMI viii restore your child to life So the
mother went out. and she went from house TO
house, and from hOue ~ home. looking for a
place where there had been no sorrow and
where there had been no death. but she found
none She went hack % the god Veia and
said. MY mission il failure: you see
haven's brought the mustard seed I can't
Cad q plnce sshere there has been no sorrow
and no death ~Oh.s says the zosi Vetla.
~nntlerxtaid your sorEnws are no worse than
the sorrows of others. re ali have our eri,fs.
and aii haveossr beart bseaksr
Iauxa. ard tie world Lao sts vsifh yo,.
Wees. sod Yop wea y afasse.
Fer ti- Sadoli ctftk aRs hOrrpw its rnirth
Bnt hss- trnublo enough 81 Il ovn
We hsnr q great dealaf discussion nov all
over thu lard shout way people 10 not 20 to
church Some say Il y hscause Christianity
Is dying out. and because people do NOT be-
Eev@ IN tha truth ~ Csot's word ADD nj that
They are false reasons. The reason j. because
cur sermons and exbortations are rot inter
ssting and practical. aud helpful some ono
might ss veil tel tie whole truth on this
sslb ect and - -sill tell it The religious dis
course - th- fntcre tha gospel sermon to
come forth ard shake the nations ani lft
people oss of aarxcess. wlu - = popular ser.
rion. just for tha simple reason that il win
meat toe wees snd the wants snd the anxis-
ties 1T the people
Tbers sre in al our deaominationz pcclesi-
sstical rnnInmies. sittar around e. frovn
neon the fresh young nn'rits ~ America. 20
try % awe them aowf. p. cry cut 'rar' tsff !
int Senssfa.na Taey sssnd toylsy praarh.
inr IN csufche7 fss bold Zoo peorie. ard |
there sre ioe persons present. and r they can
ret have fte vd saved IN ttsr ~av is |
seels1s as ihev ae not ~snt it savsI az al
d. nc- knnr b7t enc Cd way - making !
nsirissers ~ .le Gospel = bcttsr-s coisecat. !
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cara af.3 frnse sftrrfien 4 s,rsrp earnest. szed
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